Wax-paper cap for bottles.



No. 828,817. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.-

G. W. HARRINGTON.

WAX PAPER CAP FOR BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 19os.-

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. other persons UNITED satrne PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HARRINGTON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

WAX-I-PAPER Specification of Letters Patent.

CAP FOR BOTTLES.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed November 21, 1905. Serial No. 288.497.

l My invention relates to drinking-caps for bottles, and has for its object the provision of a device of this character which may be very cheaply manufactured and which will provide means enabling the user thereof to drink liquid from a bottle without the discomforts and annoyances which have heretofore been experienced by picnickers, campers, and

who have been forced by circumstances to drink aerated and carbonated beverages directly from bottles.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character so con-- structed that the flow therethrough will be even and regular and may be stopped at'any moment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for automatically closing a vent o ening formed in the cap if the flow of liquid through the outer end of the cap be suddenly stopped. v

Further objects and advantages will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

. elevation of the cap looki In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a s1de elevation of a bottle having'the' improved drinking-cap applied thereto, said cap being shown in section. "g. 2 is a side toward the right inFig. 1.- Fig. 31samo edformofca. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of t e lower portion of the cap parts in all the figures-- o he drawings.

Referri'nglto t e drawings, the. numeral 5 designates a bottle ada of any kind; A cap 6 t e walls of which converge toward its upper end, has a base of sufficient width to permit the said cap to'be fitted over the bead 7, carried by the neck 8 of the bottle. This cap is made of waxed paper and may be manufactured so cheaply as to permit of the caps being thrown away after I illustrated inFig.3. Likev numerals designate corresponding ted to contain'liquid having been used. The side wall of cap 6 is cut at 9 10, and 11'to form a flap 12, said flap acting as a check-valve to permit air to enter the bottle as the liquid flows therefrom to thereby maintain an even and steady flow of said liquid.

The device shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is substantially the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 exce t that a circular opening 13 takes the lace of the check-valve 12.

T e operation of the device is as follows: .When a person desires to drink liquid from a bottle, one of the herein-described caps is placed over the neck of the bottle surrounding bead 7. By tilting the bottle the liquid is permitted to flow into the mouth of the 0 erator throu h the outer end of the cap. he check Va ve 12 permits air. to enter the bottle at this time to maintain an even and steady flow of the liquid. If the flow throu h the outer end of the cap should be sudden y stop ed by the :strangulation 'of the user, chec -valve 12 -would automatically close to prevent liquid being forced through the side of the cap into the face of the operator. The rate of flow of the liquid may be readily controlled by placing the 1m er over the opening 13 or the opening forme by the cut-away portions 9, 10, and 11.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. -A drinking-cap for bottles composed of waxed paper havin a cut-away portlon, and a flap which provi es a check-valve opening inwardly.-

2. A drinking-ca for ,bottles, comprising a tapered'paper-boil portion having a cutaway-pprtlon and a ap, said flap comprismg a chec -valve which opens inwardly.

' 3. A drinking-cap for bottles, comprising a tapered pa er ca ada ted to enclrcle the neck of sai bott e, sai cap havinga ventopening formed therein.

In testimony whereof I affix .in presence of two witnesses.

v Witnesses:

E. O. PELOUZE, T. J. VANCE.

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